Unit 19469

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Wall painting 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: painted

Dimensions: 1.15 x 0.5 

Discussion: Red geometric design with faint traces of a darker, greyish colour.
Geometric design on the top half of the eastern wall. The painting consists of a repeated red and grey geometric pattern, where the red is best preserved. The grey pattern is highly fragmented and barely visible. The layers varies between 10 to 30 layers to the level of the hand prints (U. 19470). The elevation was drawn by the illustrator KJK (12/913). When the painting was removed, three red hand prints were revealed (U. 19470). Some plaster from U.19469 with colour from the handprints which got stuck on the backside of the plaster was taken as samples for research reasons. Sample 3 contains colour from the northern most hand and sample 4 contains colour from the southern most hand. 

Recognition: Coloured plaster on wall 

Definition: Distinct layer with coloured design 

Execution: Scalpel 

Condition: Hot, dry 

Consistency: Thin to coarse 

Colour: Grey with red (and some grey) geometric design 

Texture: Plaster, variable friability due to burning 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: - 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19470 below: (Click to view the record) 19467 equal to: (Click to view the record) 19465, 19051 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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